Hi, I'm planning to compile and install XFree-4.1.0 from sources to my linux machine to get faster 3D with DRI. And I'm quite new with linux, but you got to start someday with something.
The initial setup is as follows: -redhat 7.0 -2.4.17(updated from 2.2.x) with all the necessary software versioned as should -Gcc 2.96 -Glibc-2.2-9 -athlon 700 t-bird -asus A7-(was it)V -matrox g400, singleH, 16mb -X is running I'd like to keep my current X as the primary X until the new 4.1.0 is running fine. I've downloaded and unpacked the X410src-1.tar and also some DRIBeginner, DRIUserguide and DRICompile instructions. The next thing what I did was tried to read the readme's and Install's and etc found under /xc and its subdirs and work accordingly. The picture I got was that to first compile and install XFree-4.1.0 and then modify the XF86configuration files to make it load the DRI modules etc. Am I on the right tracks, is this one possible way of doing things? Does XFree-4.1.0 really have all the necessary DRI files? I edited the site.def file found in /xc/config/cf so that -ProjectRoot is /usr/X11R6-DRI -NothingOutsideProjectRoot YES -EtcX11Directory ProjectRoot/etc -HasGcc2 YES . I created host.def file with the hints that were in DRICompile that looks like: ......................................... #define BuildFonts NO #define DefaultCCOption -Wall #define DefaultGcc2i386Opt -02 #define LibraryCDebugFlags -02 #define BuildServersOnly YES #define XF86CardDrivers vga mga #define LinuxDistribution LinuxRedHat #define DefaultCCOptions -ansi GccWarningOptions -pipe #define BuildXF86DRI YES #define SharedLibFont NO #define ProjectRoot /usr/X11R6-DRI #define MesaUse3DNow YES ........................................ End of host.def Then what I did was "make World" which ended seemingly ok(searched for *** in the log file and found none) in an hour or so. I didn't ran xmkmf or imake. There were no mga.o file in /xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/os-support/linux/drm/kernel/ . Apparently there is a little more to it than what I did? I acknowledge and admit having very wet ears when it comes to linux/unix, so even the simplest advises are appreciated. Thanks. _______________________________________________ Newbie mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
